Station XA SA42 - XA.SA42

Network: XA97 - Anatomy of an Archean Craton, South Africa

Nearby stations (2 deg radius)

Station Name (Lat, Lon) Start / End Elevation
SA42 XA.SA42 (-25.67, 29.22) 1998-05-27 / 1999-12-31 1500 m
Crust2 Type:G1,Archean, no seds.
Thickness Estimate:36 km
Thickness StdDev:8.2 km
Vp/Vs Estimate:1.87
Vp/Vs StdDev:0.11
Vs Estimate:3.454 km/s
Poisson's Ratio:0.30
Peak Value:0.03
Assumed Vp:6.459 km/s
Ps Weight:0.33333334
PpPs Weight:0.33333334
PsPs Weight:0.33333328
Residual Complexity:0.532
Nearby stations H: +-
(2.0 deg) Vp/Vs: +-

1 with match > 90% ( 4.5454545 %) and 2 with match > 80% ( 9.090909 %) out of 22.

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Azimuth Distribution of Events:

Prior Results for this Station

Study Thickness Vp/Vs Vp Vs Poissons Ratio Extra
EARS 36 km 1.87 6.459 km/s 3.454 km/s 0.30
Crust2.0 37 km 1.76 6.459 km/s 3.665 km/s 0.26 G1,Archean, no seds.
Global Maxima 36 km 1.87 6.459 km/s 3.454 km/s 0.30 amp=0.03395145
Local Maxima 1 42 km 1.73 6.459 km/s 3.734 km/s 0.25 amp=0.019076504
Local Maxima 2 56 km 1.60 6.459 km/s 4.037 km/s 0.18 amp=0.012449204
Local Maxima 3 38 km 1.91 6.459 km/s 3.373 km/s 0.31 amp=0.009892742
Local Maxima 4 35 km 2.02 6.459 km/s 3.198 km/s 0.34 amp=0.00792296
Predicted Arrivals for vertical incidence
(zero ray parameter)
Ps4.78 SECOND
PpPs15.77 SECOND
PsPs/PpSs20.55 SECOND

Events Processed for this Station

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Events Used in the Stack

(2 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude
94.22799 73.7 deg 43.686 deg Western Xizang-India Border Reg. 1999/03/28 19:05:11 GMT (30.5, 79.4) 15 km 6.4 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.6 MW, 6.5 ME
81.90344 43.0 deg 280.84 deg Ascension Island Region 1998/06/18 04:17:54 GMT (-11.6, -13.9) 10 km 6.1 MS, 5.4 MB, 6.2 UNKNOWN

Losers

(20 events)
Radial Match Distance Baz FERegion Time Lat/Lon Depth Magnitude Reason
79.73103 86.5 deg 239.089 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1998/09/03 17:37:58 GMT (-29.5, -71.7) 27 km 6.2 MB, 6.6 MS, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.4 ME
78.34426 94.7 deg 86.317 deg Celebes Sea 1999/03/04 08:52:01 GMT (5.4, 121.9) 33 km 6.4 MB, 6.5 MS, 7.1 MW, 7.1 MW
74.605736 84.8 deg 236.714 deg Near Coast Of Central Chile 1998/07/29 07:14:24 GMT (-32.3, -71.3) 51 km 6.3 MB, 6.5 UNKNOWN, 6.5 ME
70.03757 95.8 deg 100.501 deg Banda Sea 1998/11/09 05:30:14 GMT (-7.0, 129.0) 33 km 6.1 MB, 6.7 UNKNOWN, 6.6 ME
68.674965 41.0 deg 241.971 deg Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 1998/06/24 10:44:30 GMT (-37.3, -17.4) 10 km 5.7 MB, 5.8 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
68.21769 73.3 deg 34.091 deg Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bord Reg. 1998/12/11 20:16:24 GMT (36.5, 71.0) 223 km 5.7 UNKNOWN, 5.0 MB, 5.6 MW
67.24672 73.3 deg 33.11 deg Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bord Reg. 1998/05/30 06:22:28 GMT (37.1, 70.1) 33 km 5.9 MB, 6.9 MS, 6.6 UNKNOWN, 6.5 MW
67.13831 79.2 deg 49.085 deg Xizang 1998/07/20 01:05:58 GMT (30.1, 88.2) 33 km 5.7 UNKNOWN, 5.4 MS, 5.4 MB
66.01436 50.3 deg 217.681 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 1998/08/29 08:30:21 GMT (-55.7, -27.0) 33 km 5.6 MB, 5.6 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
58.940495 82.9 deg 155.435 deg West Of Macquarie Island 1998/06/29 23:37:16 GMT (-60.4, 153.1) 10 km 5.8 MS, 5.0 MB, 6.3 UNKNOWN, 6.0 MW
58.40029 93.0 deg 91.164 deg Minahassa Peninsula, Sulawesi 1998/09/21 06:52:41 GMT (0.3, 122.5) 147 km 6.1 MB, 6.0 UNKNOWN, 5.9 MW
56.991817 96.8 deg 91.997 deg Northern Molucca Sea 1998/12/16 17:45:05 GMT (1.1, 126.2) 33 km 5.9 MB, 5.8 MS, 6.2 UNKNOWN, 6.0 MW
56.329437 86.9 deg 246.387 deg Northern Chile 1999/03/02 17:45:55 GMT (-22.7, -68.5) 111 km 5.8 MB, 6.1 MW, 5.9 MW
54.270905 71.2 deg 71.885 deg Nicobar Islands, India Region 1998/08/10 09:52:14 GMT (7.3, 94.3) 33 km 5.9 MB, 5.8 MS, 6.0 UNKNOWN
51.80855 83.4 deg 237.613 deg Mendoza Province, Argentina 1998/11/27 10:27:02 GMT (-32.1, -69.3) 127 km 5.2 MB, 5.5 UNKNOWN, 5.3 MD
47.07003 88.4 deg 297.989 deg Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge 1999/04/06 04:51:05 GMT (24.5, -46.4) 10 km 5.6 MS, 5.3 MB, 5.9 MW, 5.8 MW
39.947544 93.2 deg 249.959 deg Near Coast Of Peru 1999/04/03 06:17:18 GMT (-16.7, -72.7) 87 km 6.1 MB, 6.2 MS, 6.8 MW, 6.8 MW
38.68681 82.0 deg 231.509 deg S. Chile-Argentina Border Region 1998/12/14 16:25:24 GMT (-38.2, -71.0) 138 km 6.0 UNKNOWN, 4.8 MS, 5.4 MB
37.47693 49.6 deg 216.264 deg South Sandwich Islands Region 1998/10/03 06:48:12 GMT (-56.6, -25.4) 33 km 5.5 MS, 4.9 MB
33.86895 95.2 deg 92.642 deg Southern Molucca Sea 1998/08/28 12:40:58 GMT (-0.2, 125.0) 66 km 6.2 MB, 6.1 UNKNOWN, 6.1 MW